Victoria Park Council School (lost)

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Rectangular wooden board with raised triangular pediment with the Arms of Stretford Urban District Council. Inscription in white painted lettering.

Inscription

1914 1919/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ ALL YE WHO COME AFTER, SEE THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN/ FORMER SCHOLARS OF/ VICTORIA PARK COUNCIL SCHOOL/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING & COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/(Names)

1975: according to Stretford Local History Society the memorial was in disrepair and was disposed of.

Costs

Site: £58 0s 0d

Trust fund/Scholarship

NoPurpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

Victoria Park Council School Log Book
21st Sept 1920
This afternoon at 4 o'clock Mr F.W. Bates Chairman of the Education Committee attended here and unveiled the war memorial erected by subscription from present and former scholars to those old boys who died during the war.
About 200 adults were present and 300 scholars. There are 54 names on the memorial which takes the form of a library cupboard as well as the tablet.
The cost is £58 for the whole not including books for the library.

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